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Police World reaches the Antipodes
Who says the printed word won’t travel? The Writers SIG recently received this mail from ‘John’ Farmery:
‘I have just read the writers article in the Police World magazine
(Vol 64 No 2), and to advise you that I retired from the Met in
1987 and now live in Australia. I have written two published
books relating to the award of the King’s Police Medal for
Gallantry, the first about the awards to officers in the UK,
and the second to officers in Australia and New Zealand.
This leaves the third volume, which is almost complete,
about the awards to members of the rest of the “Empire
and Dominions” meaning India, Burma, Canada, and British
South Africa and all the smaller territories of the old empire.
I am also writing a novel, working title “Caught in the Act” which is part way
through, but I have got stuck! Mainly due to time factors. I have written
many articles over the years, published in various magazines, including the
Medal News, and the Police History Society Magazine.
I hope to continue correspondence over the coming months.
Regards
J Peter Farmery (Met Police 1958-1987)
Dear John: Thank you for writing to our Writers Group, of which I am a
member. It was very interesting reading about your work, and fantastic to
hear that Police World is being read at the other side of the world. Keep up
your contact with the group, I am sure they will provide the inspiration for
you to complete your current projects – Neil Hallam, Editor
Oral and Aural History on your Member
Journey
The Member Journey, linked with the IPA Oral History Project and the work of National Archivist Phillip
Powell are progressing well.
T his work will pull together the threads of what makes the IPA what it is, and answer the famous JFK question put into Section UK IPA terms
… Ask not what Your IPA can do for you, but what You can do for Your IPA.
The Oral History Project is developing at pace. Through the professional skills of Brian Kennedy nearly 20 IPA members have been videoed
and had their own IPA history recorded. Regions have also made audio recordings of members using pocket memos which are still available to borrow.
Coupled with this, a mobile scanning unit has been purchased to enable scanning onto a stand-alone computer, with a 3-terra-byte capacity of IPA
documents, photographs and even IPA memorabilia.
The project will eventually culminate in a data base of audio, audio-visual and documents which will be accessible to any IPA member. However much
more work will need to be completed before the data base can go live and the time frame for this is about 4 years. If you wish to avail of the mobile unit
or more importantly help with scanning documents from the IPA Archive at Fox Road, then please contact Sean on
Members Day 2019 Sunday 15th December
We are very pleased to announce our annual Members Day
to be held on Sunday the 15th December 2019 at Arthur Troop House,
1 Fox Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6AJ
For further details please email
T he following comment was made by a member on Members Day 2018:- “Members day has become a feature and firm favourite of the IPA
calendar and 2019 will be no different.”
10:00 Doors Open with opportunity to see the IPA Archives and see how we are digitizing them
12:00 Toast to Arthur Troop and his Spoken word
12:30 Buffet lunch
13:30 Presentations including the reprint of Service Through Friendship and launch of the e book Service through friendship.
16:00 IPA-HQ event closes
19:00 Meal out at a Nottingham venue COSMO World Cuisine
If you wish to attend please email with information on how many people are in your party, whether you are attending the day time
event, evening event or both.
Culture Corner
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